IoT Based Smart Home using Blynk Framework

TL;DR

This paper presents an IoT-based smart home system using the Blynk framework, enabling remote control and automation of appliances via smartphone, with data logging for future analysis.

Contribution

It introduces a smart home solution tailored for Nepalese users, integrating Raspberry Pi, NodeMcu, and Blynk for seamless control and automation.

Findings

System allows remote appliance control via smartphone.

Automated operation based on sensor data when offline.

Logs data for future data mining applications.

Abstract

The project discussed in this paper is targeted at solving sundry problems faced by Nepalese people in their daily life. It is designed to control and monitor appliances via smartphone using Wi-Fi as communication protocol and raspberry pi as private server. All the appliances and sensors are connected to the internet via NodeMcu microcontroller, which serves as the gateway to the internet. Even if the user goes offline, the system is designed to switch to automated state controlling the appliances automatically as per the sensors readings. Also, the data are logged on to the server for future data mining. The core system of this project is adopted from the Blynk framework.